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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12015

In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism, and overwrite arbitrary...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism, and overwrite arbitrary files, via an archive file containing a symlink and a regular file with the same name.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 perl

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.26.2-6"}]}]

Debian:13 perl

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.26.2-6"}]}]

Debian:14 perl

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.26.2-6"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org